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Sugar and Greg Bull play with their twins, Redford and Scarlett, who were born prematurely in 2020. Their insurance company initially said the births were not an emergency, and the family ended up with bills totaling more than $80,000. When Greg and Sugar Bull were ready to start a family, health challenges necessitated that they work with a gestational surrogate. The woman who carried and ...

WELLS, Maine — Marsha Garland and her mother were heading to Walmart in Sanford, traveling north in her Toyota Corolla on Route 109, when shards of ice struck their windshield, turning it into a dense spider web of cracks. The impact created a hole in the upper passenger’s side of the windshield, shooting bits of glass throughout the interior of the car. “I’m just glad none of that glass wen...

After the events of this weekend, I’ve come to the conclusion that I can’t leave town again. Everyone and their mother — literally — decided to commit a crime in my absence, making for a messy weekend for local law enforcement and for our newsroom staff at The Post. From a man robbing a local business and injuring its owner, to an argument between two women at Walmart turning violent, it seem...

President Joe Biden’s administration is under pressure to reject racist case law that helps shape the federal government’s relationship with U.S. territories. But some residents of at least one Pacific territory are concerned about the potential implications of upending the current precedent, which has also been used to justify local laws limiting land ownership. The American Civil Liberties ...

HOUSTON, Feb. 23, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Another investor in Japan has filed a FINRA arbitration claim against Bankoh Investment Services over her Northstar Financial Services (Bermuda) losses. This time, the claimant is a small business owner who lives in Tokyo but had accounts in the U.S. with Bankoh and Bank of Hawaii. Our investment fraud lawyers at SSEK Law Firm are representing this inves...

Legal firms continue to compete for high-performing legal talent. Besides attracting new talented associates, you want your firm to retain its best employees; they are, after all, the essence of your organization, increasing productivity. In addition, the best employees give you an increased advantage over your competitors, making them valuable to your firm. These are seven tricks used by law...

Today, the European Commission has adopted a proposal for a Directive on corporate sustainability due diligence. The proposal aims to foster sustainable and responsible corporate behaviour throughout global value chains. Companies play a key role in building a sustainable economy and society. They will be required to identify and, where necessary, prevent, end or mitigate adverse impacts of t...

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott is calling on “licensed professionals” and “members of the general public” to report the parents of transgender minors to state authorities if it appears the minors are receiving gender-affirming medical care. The directive was part of a letter Abbott, a Republican, sent Tuesday to the Department of Family and Protective Services, calling on it to “conduct a prompt and ...

KYIV, Feb 23 (Reuters) - Ukraine's parliament on Wednesday voted to approve in the first reading a draft law which gives permission to Ukrainians to carry firearms and act in self-defence. "The adoption of this law is fully in the interests of the state and society," the authors of the draft law said in a note, adding that the law was needed due to "existing threats and dangers for the citize...

Yasmine Halmane, Photo Editor On Monday, the Yale Law School became the first and only law school in the country to make a law degree tuition-free for students with the greatest financial need. The Hurst Horizon Scholarship Program erases tuition for law students whose family income is below the federal poverty guidelines and with assets below $150,000, and awards them the entire cost of tuit...